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Saturday, December 22, 2018

3 detained after woman is mugged near Lincoln Park - Lakeview border

Locations of Friday's mugging (star) and three arrests

Chicago police detained three suspects after a woman was mugged Friday afternoon along the Lakeview - Lincoln Park border. The arrests may be related to an on-going afternoon and evening robbery problem that has been plaguing the area since mid-November.

On Friday, a woman was near the intersection of Mildred and Diversey around 3:45 p.m. when three offenders wearing medical face masks robbed her of her phone, purse, and coat, according to a police report.

A witness to the robbery managed to take a picture of the offenders. Patrol officers working from the photo later detained two suspects near a McDonalds at 2401 North Lincoln and in a nearby DePaul University parking complex. The victim identified all three detainees as the persons who robbed her, police said.